Colleen Fitzgerald, M.D.
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Hobbies: Travel, Family/Friends
Education
- Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Residency: Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago/Northwestern University Medical School Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Publications/Research Listings
Nikolis, L; Adams, W; Westbay, L; Fitzgerald, CM; Bennis, S Investigating physical activity in women with chronic pelvic pain. Journal of bodywork and movement therapies ; 40
Bennis, S; Joyce, C; Mueller, ER; Fitzgerald, CM Individual Factors in Young Female Athletes' Bladder Health (the Y-FAB Study). Urogynecology (Philadelphia, Pa.) ;
Harlow, BL; McGwin, G; Sutcliffe, S; Fitzgerald, CM; Lowder, JL; Newman, DK; Meister, M; Camenga, DR; Stapleton, A; Chary, V; Lukacz, ES Genital Pain and the Spectrum of Bladder-Related Symptoms: Findings from the Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Research Consortium RISE FOR HEALTH Study, USA. International Urogynecology Journal ;
Perlow, A; Joyce, CJ; Bennis, S; Mueller, ER; Fitzgerald, CM Toileting Behaviors and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Among Female Physicians and Medical Students. Urogynecology (Philadelphia, Pa.) ; 29 8
Fitzgerald, CM; Cunningham, SD; Berry, A; Gahagan, S; Joinson, C; Lindberg, S; Newman, DK; Schmitz, KH; Smith, AL; Sutcliffe, S; Shoham, DA Is there an association between physical activity and lower urinary tract symptoms in adolescent girls? Results from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. International Urogynecology Journal ;
Markland, A; Bavendam, T; Cain, C; Neill Epperson, C; Fitzgerald, CM; Yvette LaCoursiere, D; Shoham, DA; Smith, AL; Sutcliffe, S; Rudser, K Occupational groups and lower urinary tract symptoms: A cross-sectional analysis of women in the Boston Area Community Health Study. Neurourology and Urodynamics ;
Nwachokor, J; Rochlin, EK; Gevelinger, M; Yadav, M; Adams, W; Fitzgerald, C; Acevedo-Alvarez, M; Mueller, ER; Pham, TT Physician awareness of patients' preferred level of involvement in decision-making at the initial urogynecology visit: a randomized trial. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ;
Camenga, DR; Wang, Z; Chu, H; Lindberg, S; Sutcliffe, S; Brady, SS; Coyne-Beasley, T; Fitzgerald, CM; Gahagan, S; Low, LK; LaCoursiere, DY; Lavender, M; Smith, AL; Stapleton, A; Harlow, BL Sexual Health Behaviors by Age 17 and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms at Age 19: PLUS Research Consortium Analysis of ALSPAC Data. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine ;
Bennis, S; Pham, YN; Tseng, I; Malisch, B; Joyce, CJ; Fitzgerald, CM Health literacy in women with chronic pelvic pain. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics ;
Newman, DK; Lowder, JL; Meister, M; Low, LK; Fitzgerald, CM; Fok, CS; Geynisman-Tan, J; Lukacz, ES; Markland, A; Putnam, S; Rudser, K; Smith, AL; Miller, JM Comprehensive pelvic muscle assessment: Developing and testing a dual e-Learning and simulation-based training program. Neurourology and Urodynamics ;
Brubaker, L; Barthold, J; Fitzgerald, CM; Kenton, K; Lewis, CE; Lowder, J; Lukacz, ES; Markland, A; Meister, M; Miller, J; Mueller, ER; Rudser, K; Smith, AL; Newman, DK The RISE FOR HEALTH study: Methods for in-person assessment and biospecimen collection. Neurourology and Urodynamics ;
Dune, TJ; Griffin, A; Hoffman, EG; Joyce, C; Taege, S; Brubaker, L; Fitzgerald, CM Importance of internal vaginal pelvic floor muscle exams for women with external lumbar/hip/pelvic girdle pain. International Urogynecology Journal ;
Fitzgerald, CM; Fok, C; Kenton, K; Lukacz, E; Markland, AD; Meister, M; Newman, DK; Rudser, K; Smith, EG; Wyman, JF; Lowder, JL The RISE FOR HEALTH study: Methods for in-person musculoskeletal assessment. Neurourology and Urodynamics ;
Chen, YB; Lowe, C; Wozniak, A; Pham, TT; Fitzgerald, CM; Mueller, ER; Acevedo-Alvarez, M Pessary Management Approach Affects Likelihood of Surgery. Urogynecology (Hagerstown, Md.) ; 28 12
Bresler, L; Westbay, LC; Hekman, L; Joyce, C; Fitzgerald, CM Acupuncture for female bladder pain syndrome: a randomized controlled trial. The Canadian journal of urology ; 29 3
Wyman, JF; Cain, CH; Epperson, CN; Fitzgerald, CM; Gahagan, S; Newman, DK; Rudser, K; Smith, AL; Vaughan, CP; Sutcliffe, S Urination Frequency Ranges in Healthy Women. Nursing research ;
Westbay, LC; Adams, W; Barnes, HC; Gevelinger, M; McKee, D; Fitzgerald, CM; Acevedo-Alvarez, M; Mueller, ER; Pham, TT How Involved Do Patients Want to Be in the Medical Decision-Making at the Initial Urogynecology Clinic Visit? Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery ; 28 3
Sutcliffe, S; Cain, C; Bavendam, T; Fitzgerald, CM; Gahagan, S; Markland, AD; Shoham, DA; Smith, AL; Rudser, K Changes in Bladder Health Over Time: A Longitudinal Analysis of Adult Women in the Boston Area Community Health Survey. The Journal of urology ;
Harm-Ernandes, I; Boyle, V; Hartmann, D; Fitzgerald, CM; Lowder, JL; Kotarinos, R; Whitcomb, E Assessment of the Pelvic Floor and Associated Musculoskeletal System: Guide for Medical Practitioners. Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery ; 27 12
Barnes, HC; Wolff, B; Abdul-Rahim, O; Harrington, A; Hilt, EE; Price, TK; Halverson, T; Hochstedler, BR; Pham, T; Acevedo-Alvarez, M; Joyce, C; Fitzgerald, CM; Schreckenberger, PC; Brubaker, L; Wolfe, AJ; Mueller, ER A Randomized Clinical Trial of Standard Versus Expanded Cultures to Diagnose Urinary Tract Infections in Women. The Journal of urology ;
Shoham, David A.; Wang, Zhenxun; Lindberg, Sarah; Chu, Haitao; Brubaker, Linda; Brady, Sonya S.; Coyne-Beasley, Tamera; Fitzgerald, Colleen M.; Gahagan, Sheila; Harlow, Bernard L.; Joinson, Carol; Low, Lisa Kane; Markland, Alayne D.; Newman, Diane K.; Smith, Ariana L.; Stapleton, Ann; Sutcliffe, Siobhan; Berry, Amanda School Toileting Environment, Bullying, and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in a Population of Adolescent and Young Adult Girls: Preventing Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Consortium Analysis of Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Urology ; 151 8
Westbay, LC; Adams, W; Kistner, M; Brincat, C; Bresler, L; Yang, LC; Fitzgerald, CM Clinical Outcomes of a Multidisciplinary Female Chronic Pelvic Pain Program. Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery ;
Fitzgerald, CM; Bennis, S; Marcotte, ML; Shannon, MB; Iqba, S; Adams, WH The Impact of a Sacroiliac Joint Belt on Function and Pain using the Active Straight Leg Raise in Pregnancy-Related Pelvic Girdle Pain. PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation ;
Sutcliffe, S; Cain, C; Bavendam, T; Epperson, CN; Fitzgerald, CM; Gahagan, S; Markland, AD; Shoham, DA; Smith, AL; Rudser, K Revisiting the Spectrum of Bladder Health: Relationships Between Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Multiple Measures of Well-Being. Journal of women's health (2002) ; 29 8
Dune, TJ; Kliethermes, S; Mueller, ER; Fitzgerald, CM; Brubaker, L; Brincat, CA Screening for Microscopic Hematuria in a Urogynecologic Population. Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery ; 26 6
Ye, AL; Adams, W; Westbay, LC; Fitzgerald, CM Evaluating Disability-Related Quality of Life in Women With Chronic Pelvic Pain. Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery ; 26 8
Brady, SS; Berry, A; Camenga, DR; Fitzgerald, CM; Gahagan, S; Hardacker, CT; Harlow, BL; Hebert-Beirne, J; LaCoursiere, DY; Lewis, JB; Low, LK; Lowder, JL; Markland, AD; McGwin, G; Newman, DK; Palmer, MH; Shoham, DA; Smith, AL; Stapleton, A; Williams, BR; Sutcliffe, S Applying concepts of life course theory and life course epidemiology to the study of bladder health and lower urinary tract symptoms among girls and women. Neurourology and Urodynamics ; 39 4
Shoham, DA; Wang, Z; Lindberg, S; Chu, H; Brubaker, L; Brady, SS; Camenga, DR; Coyne-Beasley, T; Fitzgerald, CM; Gahagan, S; Harlow, BL; Joinson, C; Low, LK; Markland, AD; Newman, DK; Smith, AL; Stapleton, A; Sutcliffe, S; Berry, A School toileting environment, bullying, and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in a population of adolescent and young adult girls: Preventing Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Consortium (PLUS) analysis of Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). Urology ;
Wolff, BJ; Joyce, CJ; Brincat, CA; Mueller, ER; Fitzgerald, CM Pelvic floor myofascial pain in patients with symptoms of urinary tract infection. International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics ; 145 2
Dixon, AM; Fitzgerald, CM; Brincat, C Severity and bother of prolapse symptoms in women with pelvic floor myofascial pain. International Urogynecology Journal ; 30 11
Lowder, JL; Bavendam, TG; Berry, A; Brady, SS; Fitzgerald, CM; Fok, CS; Goode, PS; Lewis, CE; Mueller, ER; Newman, DK; Palmer, MH; Rickey, L; Stapleton, A; Lukacz, ES Terminology for bladder health research in women and girls: Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms transdisciplinary consortium definitions. Neurourology and Urodynamics ; 38 5
Bresler, L; Price, TK; Hilt, EE; Joyce, C; Fitzgerald, CM; Wolfe, AJ Female lower urinary tract microbiota do not associate with IC/PBS symptoms: a case-controlled study. International Urogynecology Journal ; 30 11
Sutcliffe, S; Bavendam, T; Cain, C; Epperson, CN; Fitzgerald, CM; Gahagan, S; Markland, AD; Shoham, DA; Smith, AL; Townsend, MK; Rudser, K The Spectrum of Bladder Health: The Relationship Between Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Interference with Activities. Journal of women's health (2002) ; 28 6
Dwarica, DS; Collins, GG; Fitzgerald, CM; Joyce, C; Brincat, C; Lynn, M Pregnancy and Sexual Relationships Study Involving wOmen and meN (PASSION Study). The journal of sexual medicine ; 16 7
Bresler, L; Westbay, LC; Fitzgerald, CM Bladder Pain Syndrome in Women. JAMA ;
Wolff, BJ; Joyce, CJ; McAlarnen, LA; Brincat, CA; Mueller, ER; Fitzgerald, CM Consideration of pelvic floor myofascial release for overactive bladder. Journal of bodywork and movement therapies ; 24 2
Shannon, Megan B.; Genereux, Madeleine; Brincat, Cynthia; Adams, William; Brubaker, Linda; Mueller, Elizabeth R.; Fitzgerald, Colleen M. Attendance at Prescribed Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy in a Diverse, Urban Urogynecology Population. PM & R: Journal of Injury, Function & Rehabilitation ; 10 6
Billquist, EJ; Michelfelder, A; Brincat, C; Brubaker, L; Fitzgerald, CM; Mueller, ER Pre-operative guided imagery in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery: a randomized trial. International Urogynecology Journal ; 29 8
Taege, Susanne K.; Adams, William; Mueller, Elizabeth R.; Brubaker, Linda; Fitzgerald, Colleen M.; Brincat, Cynthia Anesthetic Cream Use During Office Pessary Removal and Replacement: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Obstetrics & Gynecology ; 130 1